Through Nic's drug addiction, I have learned that parents can bear almost anything…I shock myself with my ability to rationalize and tolerate… — David Sheff Copy Share Image
In a society that almost demands life at double time, speed and addictions numb us to our own experience. In such a… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
Those who have to struggle with addiction in their lives know the 'you only live once' mentality doesn't really work because you… — Chad Gilbert Copy Share Image
“I came to hate how everything gets junked in America: the food processed and adulterated with sugar and fat; the clothes cheapened;… — Orna Ross Copy Share Image
“The legalization of marijuana will accelerate the awakening of this world. It will bring its own issues, but it will not create… — Story Waters Copy Share Image
“The punishment approach and bad consequences approach to treatment is the kind of thinking that is prevalent in every residential substance abuse… — Chris Prentiss Copy Share Image
Another California study counted 30,000 substance abusers who are pregnant are White woman. So, The Wire paints the picture of drug addiction,… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
Worse that drugs is drug trafficking. Much worse. Drugs are a disease, and I don't think that there are good drugs or… — Jose Mujica Copy Share Image
“I'm not crying out for help, but I am sharing my experience in the hopes that readers will get something out of… — Ashly Lorenzana Copy Share Image
“I felt so lost in my addiction, I believed that no one was capable of understanding or helping me. I thought I… — Michael J Heil Copy Share Image
When you refrain from habitual thoughts and behavior, the uncomfortable feelings will still be there. They don’t magically disappear. Over the years,… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
“ A Short Alternative Medical Dictionary Definitions courtesy of Dr Lemuel Pillmeister (also known as Lemmy) Addiction - When you can give… — Nikki Sixx Copy Share Image
Lots of people look for happiness through sensations, whether it's through sex, the taste of food, the sound of music, the sensations… — Ken Keyes Jr Copy Share Image
“Someone as locked down and in control as Jeter was probably not much tempted by gambling and recreational drugs. (His only admitted… — Joseph Bottum Copy Share Image
“Some people, a relatively small minority, are at grave risk for addiction if exposed to certain substances. For this minority, exposure to… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
Saigon was an addicted city, and we were the drug: the corruption of children, the mutilation of young men, the prostitution of… — James Fenton Copy Share Image
Technology is causing a set of seemingly disconnected things - shortening of attention spans, polarization, outrage-ification of culture, mass narcissism, election engineering,… — Tristan Harris Copy Share Image
All people talk of money sometimes, everywhere. But not for all people, everywhere, is money the addiction, the obsession, the stimulant, that… — Marya Mannes Copy Share Image
As we celebrate Recovery Month, it is time for Congress to knock down the barriers to treatment and recovery for 26 million… — Jim Ramstad Copy Share Image
Start announcing freedom from anything that’s holding you back. Freedom from addictions, freedom from loneliness, freedom from lack, freedom from struggle. You… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
Once again, when you upgrade sensations from an addiction to a preference, you can enjoy things such as gourmet food and music,… — Ken Keyes Jr Copy Share Image
My father taught me to not fear anything. Having said that, much of my addiction to alcohol and drugs was tied to… — Derek Sanderson Copy Share Image
Statistics prove that teenage Internet gambling is the fastest growing addiction of the day,akin to drug and alcohol abuse in the 1930s,… — David Robertson Copy Share Image
Acceptance is outcomes without attachments, guilt, shame, remorse, self pity, resentment, fear, anger, etc. These are the tools of the disease of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“To have the beginning of a truly great story, you need to have a character you're completely and utterly obsessed with. Without… — Jennifer Salaiz Copy Share Image
“It happens to all of us," I concluded that Easter Sunday morning. "God simply keeps reaching down into the dirt of humanity… — Nadia Bolz-Weber Copy Share Image
“It’s easier for me to make sense of it that way than it is for me to face the other way—reality. And… — Tim Cummings Copy Share Image
You no he is your only love. Because with his touch you feel like you can crumble. You have his smell and… — Jade Copy Share Image
It's funny, because my last record was a lot about isolation and people living in separate worlds that other people can't even… — Aimee Mann Copy Share Image
A soul mates purpose is to shake you up, tear apart your ego a little bit, show you your obstacles and addictions,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I know this is going to sound crazy, but I really love working out. I know that sounds sick to some people,… — Khloe Kardashian Copy Share Image
Our [western] culture embraces sex addiction. If I drink too much or rack up credit-card debt or lose the rent in Vegas,… — Susan Cheever Copy Share Image
“I think that anyone who is a true junkie has an innate kinship with other junkies. Somehow I knew that we shared… — Slash Copy Share Image
“And so, wish becomes pang; the crave, an ache; pleasure, pain. Losing all its pleasure, anticipation cuts the opposite direction and becomes… — Geoffrey Wood Copy Share Image
The underlying motivation that drives all addiction is our insistence on avoiding pain. However, the pain you are avoiding is based in… — Leonard Jacobson Copy Share Image
What is dangerous about tranquillizers is that whatever peace of mind they bring is a packaged peace of mind. Where you buy… — Max Lerner Copy Share Image
For the self-conscious or insecure girl, technology can become a crippling addiction, an insatiable hunger not just for connection but the elusive… — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
Every day I ran to that book like it was a bottle of whiskey and crawled inside because it was a world… — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
“See, I am very dependent... on beauty and peace of the world... on loyalty of friends... on love in families... on happiness… — Galina Nelson Copy Share Image
I hope 'Warning: This Drug May Kill You' documentary helps to show the humanity of the people who are struggling with the… — Perri Peltz Copy Share Image
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